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A Listening Guide To 4KQs Final Days

Posted: 20 Jun 2022 05:58 PM PDT https://radioinsight.com/blogs/229500/a-listening-guide-to-4kqs-final-days/



I’ve gotten a number of e-mails and messages from Ross on Radio readers, appreciative of our coverage of 4KQ Brisbane, Australia, the highly
successful Classic Hits AM, which is in the process of being sold to Australia’s sports radio network, SEN. 4KQ MD Brent James has gotten more,
a lot more. James is struggling to keep up with the listener
correspondence. (The format change was also covered recently on local TV
news.)

We’re approaching the station’s planned June 30 sign-off, which means that June 24-26 will be the last go-round for 4KQ’s special weekends and weekend tentpoles. 4KQ’s regular format is still a unique offering because of its greater ‘60s/’70s emphasis and Australia-only hits, but the weekend shows have a heavier quotient of “songs not usually heard on the radio anywhere else.”

Here’s what to listen to before 4KQ’s sign-off. All times are local Brisbane time, which is 14 hours ahead of Eastern Time in North America.
(You can also see the entire playlist for last weekend’s Sizzling ‘70s Weekend here.)

Friday, June. 24

6a – Morning team Laurel, Gary, and Mark’s final show. (4p Thursday night, ET.)

8p – Friday Night Fever, four-hour ‘70s- and ‘80s-based party show (not just disco, but new wave and other party songs). (6a Friday, ET)

Saturday, June 25

6a – Brisbane No 1s Weekend, continues through 6p Sunday except for other special features. (4p Friday, ET)

6p – Jukebox Saturday Night, ‘50s through early ‘70s—a good place to hear
the history of Australian garage rock and bubblegum, but also some ‘60s international titles that have endured more in Brisbane than on U.S. radio. (Starts at 4a Saturday, ET) 

Sunday, June 26

6a – Sunday Morning ‘60s, hosted by James (4p Saturday, ET). Four hours, followed by…

10a – A two-hour History of 4KQ special (10p Saturday, ET), followed by the resumption of the No. 1 weekend until..

6p – Living in the ‘70s (starts at 4a Sunday ET, but will still have several hours to go when East Coasters wake up).

Thursday, June 30

6p – The two-hour History of 4KQ repeats (4a Thursday, ET. East Coasters might do better with the Sunday version).

8p – Four-hour finale with “a few special guests” and the final song at Midnight. (Starts 6a Thursday, ET.)

You’ll have plenty of time to listen to 4BH, but the rival Brisbane AM has already seized the opportunity to segue from Soft AC/Adult Standards to
Classic Hits. They have also introduced a version of Jukebox Saturday
Night, which is newer than 4KQ’s version—more of a mash-up of that show and Friday Night Fever. 


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103 Jamz & 92.1 The Beat Norfolk Make Lineup Changes

Posted: 20 Jun 2022 01:30 PM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/229459/103-jamz-92-1-the-beat-norfolk-make-lineup-changes/



Two iHeartMedia stations in Norfolk VA have made on-air lineup changes.

Hip Hop 103 Jamz adds KQBT Houstons Ashlee Young to the daily lineup for middays from 10am to 2pm. Young is also heard in middays on iHearts Hip Hop stations in Atlanta, Jacksonville, and New Orleans. Her addition sees
Program Director DJ Fountz move from middays to afternoons as DJ Bee has
exited in the ongoing staff reductions. DJ Bee had been with the cluster
for 25 years and previously hosted mornings and nights at WOWI and has
mixed at WXYV Baltimore, WBTJ Richmond and SiriusXM. He also owns a local record store and webcaster in Norfolk.

Bees exit also affected Classic Hip Hop 92.1 The Beat WHBT-FM Moyock NC
where his midday shift has been given to cluster Promotions Director Randi White. White joined iHeartMedia Norfolk in April. She previously worked for
the company in Salisbury MD and Harrisonburg VA from 2005 to 2012.



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Magnum Media Expands Into Eau Claire With WCFW Purchase

Posted: 20 Jun 2022 12:37 PM PDT https://radioinsight.com/headlines/229456/magnum-media-expands-into-eau-claire-with-wcfw-purchase/



Magnum Media is growing its operations across Wisconsin into the Eau Claire market with the purchase of Soft AC/Standards C105 105.7 WCFW and 99.1
W256AE Chippewa Falls from Roland and Pat Bushlands Bushland Radio
Specialties for $600,000.

The Bushlands have owned WCFW since it signed on in 1968. In a 2017 profile
of the station, Roland Bushland was asked how the station has changed since then and answered, “It hasn’t. The station airs polka in the early mornings, archived broadcasts of old-time Milwaukee and syndicated host
Jack Raymond, and a considerable amount of local high school sports. The station has no online presence.

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